BEHIND BARS WITH GOD by Dr. Samuel Thomas is now available for purchase through www.Amazon.com ! Writing much of this book while imprisoned in 2006 and in hiding in 2007, the reader quickly feels the heart of one being persecuted for the cause of Christ!
Read about the harrowing train ride in which Dr. Samuel was convinced: "I will never leave this train alive"; the amazing story of the President of Bar Council Supreme Court of India dropping dead hours after revealing Dr. Samuel's location which lead to his attempted assassination, arrest and torture in prison. Read how God moved in prison to distribute 28 New Testaments to 28 inmates contracted to kill Dr. Samuel; and how God used a simple newspaper ad to minister the Gospel to Patrick - an inmate serving a 10 year sentence on drug charges.
“To the ends of the earth...” I’ve read that portion of Acts 1:8 many times, even preached it. But not until recently did I really understand what the ends of the earth might look like.
A team from First Redeemer Church and me, partnering with Hopegivers International, took a missionary journey to western Nepal. We were there to dedicate a church building made possible by First Redeemer. I knew we were close to the ends of the earth, when the road on which we were traveling abruptly stopped at a narrow, rickety pedestrian bridge. After crossing the bridge on foot, church members on motorcycles picked us up on the other side to carry us the last mile or so to where the church is located.
** For security purposes, exact locations of Hopegivers' Churches as well as the identities of Hopegivers' Missionaries have not been disclosed. Photos of Hopegivers Missionaries and local believers have been distorted to protect them from being targeted by anti-Christians.
Greetings in the name of Jesus!
"For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building." - 1 Corinthians 3:9.
This is a sobering thought when you keep in mind that God is the Lord of the harvest; we are but laborers together in His vineyard.
In a sense God does not need coworkers. God created the universe without our help; God, in Christ Jesus, has provided us salvation apart from the works of people. God does not need co-workers or helpers to carry the Good News of His love to a needy world. He could have used the angels or written His message of love in the sky. But thank God, He has chosen to communicate His message of love through people like you and me.
This is what blows the mind of the enemy! How can God use simple, poor orphans to spread the glorious news of His great love? It's because it is our God who gives the increase!
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Guided by the One Million Arrows vision of our founder, Dr. M.A. Thomas, our Mission at Hopegivers International is to:
Rescue orphaned, abandoned, and at-risk children, restore their broken lives by meeting their spiritual, emotional, educational, and practical needs, and train them to repeat the process of hope by bringing the Gospel to those in their own country who have yet to hear. Learn more »
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